Canadian Chris vs. Canadian Chris + All the Usual Gripes and Thoughts
Howdy howdy. Edition #2 of this neato l'il column but I for the life of me can't remember what day I placed the first column up. Better organization is needed, obviously. This week I'd like to talk about a rumor I heard about Chris Jericho, and of course all the usual gripes. If the title doesn't give it away to you, let me put it this way: Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit. For all my mockery and name calling about Benoit, the fact still remains, he is a tremendous athlete. Sure, he may need a bit of a personality transplant (ya think Steve Blackman is bad?! Try this guy!) but it is pure skill that got him where he is today. He is brutal and effective. There is nothing showy about his style of wrestling, it is meant to work, straight out (or should I say "oot"? =)) of the text book, not meant to draw fan awe, but Benoit's sheer determination and unrelenting attitude should be enough to draw awe. Though he may not talk much, nobody ever forgets about Benoit. Skill like that does not go un-noticed. Don't you dare call me a Benoit fan though! =)
And then, there is Jericho. Another tremendous athlete from Canada, Jericho combines skill with charisma, and effectiveness with show. He draws attention to himself, whether he is in a match, or just back stage. He has determination and confidence (maybe a bit over-confident?), just as Benoit does.
So what am I getting at? Why should these two men be featured this week? Well, according to one of the 'nets various pro-wrestling rumor mills, Benoit and Jericho may be teaming up soon. The two are at each other's throats right now, but take the IC belt out of the picture and maybe they won't have anything left to fight about. Yes, take the IC belt away from Benoit, and Jericho will have to find someone new to mock, and Benoit will be clawing his way after the new holder of the belt as well. The two will have a common enemy to go after, and then.... What will happen? Will the both of them see not one belt in the future, but two? The tag-team belts? We likely aren't going to see this happen for a while now, but I can see this as being a possibility. The WWF writers are for the most part, good. Sure, you see a bit of cheese in the plot here and there, but the ratio of cheese to coolness is good enough. It should be interesting to see how they will unite the two, of course, should it happen.
Wow, Chris Jericho could be King of the Ring this year! Thank god Chyna didn't get into the final 8, even though I hate Eddy Guerrero, Mr. Taco Bell Chihuahua. Truth be told though, seems to me like both Eddy and Chyna fight like girls though. =) The match between Edge and Jericho was very exciting, but I hate seeing blond Canadians fight. =) I of course want Jericho to become King of the Ring, but Benoit is a tough competitor here. Wouldn't it be a shame if Eddy the Chihuahua walked away with the crown? Or even worse...VAL VENIS! Yuck. There sure are some NASTY participants this year...
Stone Cold has apparently taken an interest in Bad Ass Billy Gunn according to RAW magazine. Perhaps a tag team could be in the future for the two. Being an Ass fan, I would love to see Billy get more ring time.
Lita has become one cool chica since teaming up with the Hardys. I always compared her to the Hardy's, even way back when she was with Essa, and I'm glad to see her teaming up with these guys. What a beating she gave Trish! I must say I am beginning to take an interest in female wrestling matches since Lita began to kick ass. For the most part I find female vs. female matches to be boring, asinine, and degrading, but then again I guess they hold some interest to the male audience. I don't know either. A bunch of sluttishly dressed women bitch slapping each other and whining in annoying, high pitched voices before and after their matches is kinda stupid to me too. "Quit your whining and wrestle already!"
I can't wait for Undertaker to become evil again. Sure, he's kicking some major ass as is, and I love the guy, but... I don't know. Some gigantic dude coming out trying to act like a bad-ass biker just isn't what I was expecting from him. C'mon Taker...where's the crucifixions? Where's the evil organ music and the garbled demonic voice?
Who here wants to see a REAL hard-core match on the WWF sometime? Think back to the Hardy-core match between the two brothers a while back. Now that's what hard-core should be! Let's hope the belt stops being passed back and forth between what's-his-name, the old man who looks like a member of Star Trek: The Original Series, and l'il Elroy and goes to someone more deserving, like Bradshaw, Farooq or Test.
Enough rambling for this week, my new counterpart, Serra, on this column would like to close with this "thoughtful little comment" as follows: Stephanie McMahon needs to do a better job shaving her pits. My god, she raises her arms and there's a cactus growing under there!
Thank you, Serra. Peace, everyone!~*Stacy*~ and ~*Serra*~
Oh, and sorry for the huge lack of updates...Serra's computer had a virus or something that almost wiped her out, and left some of my resources high and dry. We suspect the poor computer has AIDS or some other STD. That's what happens when you cyber without protection, folks. LOL
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